2024 California Spring Trials preview: Hem Genetics

2024 California Spring Trials (CAST) stop includes Green Fuse Botanicals, Beekenkamp Plants, Hem Genetics, Schoneveld Breeding, Quality Cuttings and Westhoff. 8220 Stockton Road, Somis, California 93066; 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. March 20-23. RSVP to Courtney Rodriguez at crodriguez@green-fuse.com or 805-933-5599.

For more information: hemgenetics.nl/en

Ageratum houstonianum Kona White: Ageratum Kona series is the most compact and earliest flowering Ageratum in the market today. We introduce Kona White to complement Kona Blue. Part of our “Low Grow Approved” product line, they normally do not require PGRs in production. Kona is ideal for production in packs through 4-½” pots.

Snapdragon DoubleShot Yellow Red Heart: Snapdragon DoubleShot Yellow Red Heart is the newest color added to this new series of tall (20”) garden snaps, with prolific branching and strong stems even when grown under short days. This one is a lemon yellow with a large red center to each floret; flowers are double and open-faced.

Petunia Shake Series: A third series in our assortment of genetically dwarf Petunias, the Shake colors are all genetic mixes, where one cross of two parents produces a beautiful assortment of colors and patterns. Flowering habit is between grandiflora and multiflora types, larger flowers than most multifloras, smaller than grandifloras but prolifically produced. Normally no PGRs are needed.

• Petunia Shake Strawberry: Lovely combination of buttercream light yellow, soft to medium pinks to rose, some star patterns and flowers with blotches of color, perfect for beds, containers and baskets.

• Petunia Shake Blueberry: A beautiful combination of buttercream pale yellow, lavender, violets and purples, many with deeper throats or veining. Popular designer color mix.

• Petunia Shake Raspberry: Beautiful eye-candy combination of solid medium yellows with deeper throats, with stars, stripes and large blotches of medium to deep raspberry rose-red in a balanced mix.

Celosia Arrabona Pink: The newest color to the popular Arrabona series of large Celosia plumosa type, these branch heavily and produce great quantities of bright pink plumes all season long. Perfectly suited to hot and humid climates, these easy dependable performers are great for beds and large pots.

Coreopsis MakeUp Yellow Red Eye: A beautiful new Coreopsis with yellow flowers with a large brick-red eye that blooms produced from spring through autumn and is very tolerant of hot conditions. Hardy USDA Zones 4-9. Perfect for perennial beds but also great in mixed patio containers because of their extremely long bloom period.

Salvia rosemarinus/Rosemary Rosy Pro: A great rosemary from seed, the plants are very uniform in habit and branch freely, heavier than most cutting types, and perfect for herb programs. Seed germination is a minimum of 85% and is also available in a primed form for faster and even more germination. Hardy Zones 6b through 10.

Silene x hybrida Silky: This new Silene is a compact-mounded semi-hanging heavily branching plant with masses of beautiful single flowers. A unique product for the perennial market, it is ideal for rock gardens, perennial borders, mixed containers and hanging baskets. Hardy to Zones 5-8. Available in two colors, Silky Pink, a lavender pink, and Silky White, which is pure white.